Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....YOUNG, Kenneth Herbert  April 2000
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“Winters Express,” Thursday, April 13, 2000
Kenneth Herbert Young

Kenneth Herbert Young, 83, died of natural causes, at Providence Extended Care,
in Anchorage, Alaska.  A visitation was held on Monday, April 10, 2000, followed
at 2 p.m. by the funeral at Kehl’s Forest Lawn Mortuary.  Pastor Kent Redfearn
officiated.  Burial will be in the Spring at anchorage Memorial Park.  Honorary
Pallbearers were John Young, Jr., Herbert Young, Jr., Kevin Young, Rodney Young,
Edward Lee and Austin Stuart.

Mr. Young was born on January 20, 1917 in Buffalo, Missouri, and had been a
resident of Anchorage since 1974.  He worked for a dairy farmer in Missouri, a
lead and zinc miner in Oklahoma, and as a hard rock tunneler working on such
projects as Boulder Dam in Colorado, The Monticello Dam and the Caldecott Tunnel
in California.  He was disabled in a tunnel accident in the early ‘60s.

He was a member of the Laborers Local #185 and the Operating Engineers Local
#326.  He liked to fish and hunt.  He enjoyed reading Louis Lamour books, and
watching John Wayne western movies.  The family said ‘Dad was a snappy
blue-eyed, tenacious, vivacious, flirtatious, firey mixture of Irish and
American Indian descent who loved God, life, and his family.  Forever on the go,
always ready for an adventure, moss never grew under his feet.  He is dearly
loved and will be greatly missed.  May he soar with the eagles.

Mr. Young is survived by his children, John, Jerry, Judy Young and Debra Reeves
all of Anchorage; Don Young of Scottsdale, Arizona; Ruth Kaundart of Oakley; and
Rose Wentz of Tucson, Arizona; 35 grandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren;
two brothers, Thomas Clarke of Yuba City, and O.K. Clarke of Buffalo, Missouri
and sister, Ruth Newton of Anacoca, Louisiana.

He was preceded n death by his wife, Hazel, sons George, Ronald and Herbert;
granddaughter, Diana Jones, and great-granddaughter Kali Reeves.

The family requests donations be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association, 240 East
Tudor Road, Suite 110, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.


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Winters, CA 95694

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